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30th September 1711 - 4th December 1771

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Middlesex
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The Information of Ann < no role > the Wife
of John Marshall< no role > of John Street in the
Parish of Saint Pancras in the said County
[..] Mans Coot< no role > and William Hawthorn< no role > Constable
taken before me One of his Majestys Justices
of the peace for the said County

Who Severally being upon Oath say and first this
Informant Mary Coot for herself saith that
she lives in the House of the other Informant
Ann Marshall< no role > that about 5 o Clock on Thursday
Evening last she fastened the Sash of the one Parlor Window
belonging to the said Dwelling House and went out
of the said parlor & Locked the Door and that no
other Person was in the sd. Parlor till the other
Informant Ann Marshall< no role > went Up Stairs out of the Kitchen
into the said Parlor about half and hour past Seven
o Clock the same Evening
And this Informant Ann Marshall< no role > for herself
saith that about Eight o'Clock on Thursday
Evening last she was in her Kitchen below Stairs
& heard some Person getting in at her Frone parlor
Window Upon which she Immediately went up
Stairs & opened the Fore Parlor Door and found the Sash
of the said Parlor Window thrown up there she
went into the Back parlor where she found
a person now present who calls himself Nicholas
Moore
< no role > & he seized her by the Neck [..] Informt
then Colored him & made an Outery & he sayd
Dann it hold your Tongue a Linen Gown now
produced was [..] moved after the Bed into a Chair by the
Bed side & which she had before Paid up on the said
Bed. & is certain that no other person but the
said Nicholas Moore< no role > was in the said back parlor
to Remove the said Gown from of the Bed
This Informant then sent for the other Informant
Wm. Hawthorn who came and took him into
CustodyAnd this Informant William Hawthorn< no role >
for himself saith that about Eight o'Clock one




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